Low concentration of serum total cholesterol is associated with multifocal signal loss lesions on gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging: analysis of risk factors for multifocal signal loss lesions.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Limited data exist on the frequency and outcome of carotid artery disease in Pakistan. Such information would help guide the usefulness of screening for the condition in this low-middle income health care setting. METHODS:A prospective, descriptive study was conducted among 3 large teaching hosp...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Wasay M,Azeemuddin M,Masroor I,Sajjad Z,Ahmed R,Khealani BA,Malik MA,Afridi MB,Kamal A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Standard radiographic criteria for hematoma enlargement have not been established. We undertook this investigation to assess the incidence and time course of hematoma growth using objective cutoff values. METHODS:We reviewed the clinical records of 204 patients with spontaneous intracerebral hem...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Kazui S,Naritomi H,Yamamoto H,Sawada T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:This study aims to investigate the association between insulin resistance (IR) and silent lacunar infarction (SLI) in healthy adults. METHODS:We recruited 2326 healthy Korean adults who took health checkups, including a brain magnetic resonance imaging. SLI was defined as an infarction measuring...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Lee JE,Shin DW,Yun JM,Kim SH,Nam YS,Cho B,Lim JS,Jeong HY,Kwon HM,Park JH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Endothelins (ETs) are potent vasoconstrictors and may play a role in the pathophysiology of several diseases. Limited and controversial data exist on their role in human ischemic stroke. We planned a prospective, observational, and longitudinal clinical study to test whether ET-1 levels increase ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Haapaniemi E,Tatlisumak T,Hamel K,Soinne L,Lanni C,Opgenorth TJ,Kaste M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common and distressing problem after stroke. Although there is evidence of new, effective UI poststroke rehabilitation intervention, it is unknown whether occupational therapists (OTs)' and physical therapists (PTs)' actual practices reflect best practices. We sough...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Dumoulin C,Korner-Bitensky N,Tannenbaum C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To investigate whether neuroimaging information has added predictive value compared with clinical information for independency in activities of daily living (ADL) 1 year after stroke. METHODS:Seventy-five first-ever middle cerebral artery stroke survivors were evaluated in logistic regression an...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Schiemanck SK,Kwakkel G,Post MW,Kappelle LJ,Prevo AJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methionine analogue methionine sulfoximine was administered to 10 rats 24 hours before occlusion of the proximal left middle cerebral artery. Three days later the rats were decapitated and the brain infarct volumes were compared with those in 10 control rats that received saline before middle cerebral artery occlu...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Swanson RA,Shiraishi K,Morton MT,Sharp FR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardioembolic stroke is a complex disease resulting from the interaction of numerous factors. Using data from Genes Affecting Stroke Risk and Outcome Study (GASROS), we show that a multivariate predictive model built using Bayesian networks is able to achieve a predictive accuracy of 86% on the fitted values as comput...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ramoni RB,Himes BE,Sale MM,Furie KL,Ramoni MF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with infarctions in the territory of the right middle cerebral artery (RMCA) sometimes present with an agitated confusional state. We reviewed clinical data on 46 patients with RMCA infarcts and compared neurologic findings in patients with and without agitated confusion. Neither of the two patients presentin...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Schmidley JW,Messing RO

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The purpose of the study is to compare the reliability of the Barthel activities of daily living score, which assesses disability, with the Rankin scale, which assesses handicap, and to determine their mutual agreement. METHODS:Fifty patients with stroke of varying severity were identified by a ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Wolfe CD,Taub NA,Woodrow EJ,Burney PG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Stroke in young adults has a dramatic effect on life; therefore, we investigated the long-term functional outcome after transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage in adults aged 18 to 50 years. METHODS:We studied 722 young patients with first-ever stroke admitted bet...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Synhaeve NE,Arntz RM,Maaijwee NA,Rutten-Jacobs LC,Schoonderwaldt HC,Dorresteijn LD,de Kort PL,van Dijk EJ,de Leeuw FE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:It is unclear which harmonic imaging mode (power Doppler or gray-scale imaging) is superior and which measuring method is the most robust for the description of brain perfusion. METHODS:We performed an animal study on 6 beagles through the intact skull using a SONOS 5500 device and Optison injec...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Seidel G,Algermissen C,Christoph A,Katzer T,Kaps M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate by means of transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography how many spontaneous reperfusions of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurred during the first week after onset of acute ischemic stroke in the carotid territory. METHODS:TCD examination, computed to...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Zanette EM,Roberti C,Mancini G,Pozzilli C,Bragoni M,Toni D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Our aim in this study was to assess the incidence and determining factors of angiographic recurrences after endovascular treatment of aneurysms. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of all patients with selective endosaccular coil occlusion of intracranial aneurysms prospectively collected from 1992...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Raymond J,Guilbert F,Weill A,Georganos SA,Juravsky L,Lambert A,Lamoureux J,Chagnon M,Roy D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild hypothermia is an established neuroprotectant in the laboratory, showing remarkable and consistent effects across multiple laboratories and models of brain injury. At the clinical level, mild hypothermia has shown benefits in patients who have experienced cardiac arrest and in some pediatric populations experienc...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Yenari MA,Hemmen TM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) caused by ruptured intracranial aneurysm affects approximately 16 000 Americans annually, and almost 40% of affected patients die within 30 days despite the best current therapy. Prevention of SAH is therefore of paramount importance. We present a preliminary analysi...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Kissela BM,Sauerbeck L,Woo D,Khoury J,Carrozzella J,Pancioli A,Jauch E,Moomaw CJ,Shukla R,Gebel J,Fontaine R,Broderick J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenously injected metaraminol induced a larger blood pressure increase in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) than in normotensive controls (NR) when the pressure was raised from the same starting level. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) response in NR was either perfect autoregulation, partial autoregulation or "break...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Johansson BB,Nilsson B

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose- Carotid web (CW) is a rare form of focal fibromuscular dysplasia defined as an abnormal shelf-like projection of intimal fibrous tissue into the carotid bulb. It is theorized that CW leads to ischemic stroke secondary to blood flow stasis and subsequent embolization. The natural history and opt...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Zhang AJ,Dhruv P,Choi P,Bakker C,Koffel J,Anderson D,Kim J,Jagadeesan B,Menon BK,Streib C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanisms involved in stroke progression are incompletely understood. Ischemic brain injury is characterized by acute local inflammatory response mediated by cytokines. Anti-inflammatory cytokines act in a feedback loop to inhibit continued proinflammatory cytokine production. We assessed the implication of...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Vila N,Castillo J,Dávalos A,Esteve A,Planas AM,Chamorro A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between minor ST-T abnormalities and stroke incidence has not been well elucidated. We sought to examine the relationship between nonspecific minor or major ST-T abnormalities and the incidence of stroke among Japanese men and women. METHODS:A 15.4-year prospective study was cond...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Ohira T,Iso H,Imano H,Kitamura A,Sato S,Nakagawa Y,Naito Y,Sankai T,Tanigawa T,Yamagishi K,Iida M,Shimamoto T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Glutamate receptor antagonists are protective in animal models of focal cerebral ischemia. Lamotrigine (3,5-diamino-6-[2,3-dichlorophenyl]-1,2,4-triazine) is an anticonvulsant drug that blocks voltage-gated sodium channels and inhibits the ischemia-induced release of glutamate. We describe the ce...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Smith SE,Meldrum BS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Autonomic dysfunction, including increased sympathetic drive and blunted baroreflex, has repeatedly been observed in acute stroke. Of clinical importance is that the stroke-related autonomic imbalance seems to be linked to worse outcome after stroke. Here, we discuss the role of baroreflex impair...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Sykora M,Diedler J,Turcani P,Hacke W,Steiner T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of hyperglycemia prior to stroke or cardiac arrest can increase neuronal damage caused by brain ischemia. Acute hyperglycemia shows this effect in animal models of stroke. However, chronic hyperglycemia and chronic hyperglycemia with additional acute elevation of blood glucose are more common premorbid st...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Duckrow RB,Beard DC,Brennan RW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The Combined Lysis of Thrombus in Brain Ischemia With Transcranial Ultrasound and Systemic T-PA-Hands-Free (CLOTBUST-HF) study is a first-in-human, National Institutes of Health-sponsored, multicenter, open-label, pilot safety trial of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) plus a novel operator...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Barreto AD,Alexandrov AV,Shen L,Sisson A,Bursaw AW,Sahota P,Peng H,Ardjomand-Hessabi M,Pandurengan R,Rahbar MH,Barlinn K,Indupuru H,Gonzales NR,Savitz SI,Grotta JC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timing of carotid endarterectomy after stroke in a patient with a fixed neurological deficit remains an important but unresolved question. Early surgery has been associated with cerebral hemorrhage and infarct extension. Delayed endarterectomy exposes the patient to recurrent stroke and carotid occlusion. Th...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Pritz MB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In acute ischemic stroke patients, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)-Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score (ASPECTS) is correlated with infarct volume and is an independent factor of functional outcome. Patients with pretreatment DWI-ASPECTS ≤6 were excluded or under-represented i...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Desilles JP,Consoli A,Redjem H,Coskun O,Ciccio G,Smajda S,Labreuche J,Preda C,Ruiz Guerrero C,Decroix JP,Rodesch G,Mazighi M,Blanc R,Piotin M,Lapergue B,ETIS (Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke) Research Investigator

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a valid, reproducible scale that measures neurological deficit. Of 42 possible points, 7 points are directly related to measurement of language compared with only 2 points related to neglect. METHODS:We examined the placebo arm of the NIN...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Woo D,Broderick JP,Kothari RU,Lu M,Brott T,Lyden PD,Marler JR,Grotta JC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Autopsy series of patients with AIDS have found a 4% to 29% prevalence of cerebral infarction. Little is known of the prevalence of cerebral infarction when not associated with non-HIV central nervous system (CNS) infection, lymphoma, or cardioembolic sources. Clinical correlation has seldom been...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Connor MD,Lammie GA,Bell JE,Warlow CP,Simmonds P,Brettle RD

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammation is thought to be a major contributor to carotid artery disease. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activates inflammatory mechanisms thought to contribute to endothelial dysfunction by mechanisms that are not well defined. The goal of this study was to determine whether overexpression of CuZn-...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Didion SP,Kinzenbaw DA,Fegan PE,Didion LA,Faraci FM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association among socioeconomic status, quality of care, and clinical outcome after stroke remains poorly understood. In a Danish nationwide follow-up study, we examined whether socioeconomic-related differences in acute stroke care occur and, if so, whether they explain socioeconomic differe...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Langagergaard V,Palnum KH,Mehnert F,Ingeman A,Krogh BR,Bartels P,Johnsen SP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00